Combination chair/bed furniture and methods of use

A combination chair/bed furniture comprising:

• a support frame system comprising a frame and at least one mattress support frame;
• a multi-fold cushion assembly adapted to be received on and supported by the frame, the multi-fold cushion assembly comprising first, second, and third cushions that when folded define a seat cushion supported by the frame in a chair configuration of the furniture and when extended define a mattress supported by the frame and the at least one mattress support frame in a bed configuration of the furniture, the first cushion being a lower cushion of the seat cushion and supported by the frame in the chair configuration of the furniture, the first cushion being supported by the frame and defining a head portion of the mattress in the bed configuration of the furniture, the second and third cushions being intermediate and upper cushions supported by the first cushion and the frame in the chair configuration of the furniture, the second and third cushions being extendable from the first cushion to define midsection and foot portions of the mattress supported by the at least one mattress support frame in the bed configuration of the furniture;
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• a seat back adapted to be received on and supported by the frame in the chair configuration of the furniture, the seat back being extendable and receivable on the first, second, and third cushions to serve as an additional mattress in the bed configuration of the furniture;
• wherein the frame and the at least one mattress support frame are each laterally expandable to increase lateral widths thereof in the bed configuration of the furniture so as to accommodate and support the mattress and the additional mattress in a side-by-side arrangement.

A method of using a combination chair/bed furniture, the method comprising:

• arranging the furniture in a chair configuration by:
• multi-folding a multi-fold cushion assembly comprising first, second, and third cushions;
• locating the multi-fold cushion assembly on a frame of the furniture such that the multi-fold cushion assembly defines a seat cushion supported by the frame, wherein the first cushion is a lower cushion of the seat cushion and supported by the frame and the second and third cushions are intermediate and upper cushions supported by the first cushion and the frame;
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• locating a seat back on the frame to border the multi-fold cushion assembly on three sides;
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• arranging the furniture in a bed configuration by:
• extending the multi-fold cushion assembly to define a mattress supported by the frame and at least one mattress support frame, wherein the first, second, and third cushions define head, midsection, and foot portions of the mattress, the head portion of the mattress is supported by the frame and the midsection and foot portions of the mattress are supported by the at least one mattress support frame.